Ofdrykkja - Hårgalåten (Official Music Video)

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Ole Fredrik Wannebo
Directed by Hog And Hound
Sebastian Bragstad & Ørjan Trotland
Hårgalåten is a well known folk song in Sweden, but it's not as well known outside of Sweden. It's a tale about how the devil himself, disguised as a fiddler, made the young people in the village of Hårga in Hälsingland dance to their death. Back in 2015, our drummer at the time, Stefan Wahlberg aka "Bödeln", said that he wanted us to record a version of Hårgalåten. He himself was from Hälsingland, and he really liked the song and the lyrics.
A recording of this song never happened at the time, and as some of you know, Stefan tragically passed a away a few years later. About a year ago, we decided that we would record our own interpretation of Hårgalåten. It features our friend Georg Börner (ColdWorld (Official)) on the traditional Swedish instrument nyckelharpa, vocals by Miranda Samuelsson and has been mastered by Markus Stock (Empyrium, Sun Of The Sleepless)
This one is for you Stefan.
Tills vidare, in i evigheten!
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[@TheHansapils]

Hårgadansen or Hårgasägnen is a legend about how the devil himself, disguised as a fiddler, made the young people in the village of Hårga in Hälsingland dance themselves to death. The oldest known record of the legend was made by the commissioner of Bollnäs Johan Gabriel Lindström in 1785 and is reproduced in JD Flitenberg's collections about Hälsinglan

[@kaybretschneiderkb]

thanks for the backstory! very well made video to the story!

[@ayotundeayoko5861]

fascinating. Thanks for the backstory to this video.

[@Thekoryostribalpodcast]

So basically christians made that story up. 🤣🤣. Our people dont believe on the devil.

[@1NegativeZero]

@@Thekoryostribalpodcast Well, one influence or the other, aren't they all made up at the end?

[@hellomadet]

@@Thekoryostribalpodcast It's a kind of metaphor for living only for pleasure. Chasing money or fame, you will dance yourself to death to the accompaniment of the violin the devil is playing.

[@Darkened_Void]

Honestly I clicked thinking I was going to find a black metal song lol. Anyway, this is good!

[@wintershock]

Lmao same. This was still a good song though. It’s very pretty.

[@nomeacaso5180]

Same.

[@dalemoore435]

Curious, did you really think black metal existed even 50 years ago let alone thousands of years?

[@wintershock]

@@dalemoore435 it really started to appear in the late 70’s/ early 80’s so it was around for almost 50 years. Also, if you look at the names of some black metal bands, you’d see why some of us were a little confused.

[@dalemoore435]

@@wintershock no, you are the only one confused.

[@denisestamborg9575]

Swedish. "Hårgalåten", or the "Harga song", is a Swedish folk song. The song is connected to a 1785 story published by Johan Gabriel Lindström. The song describes how a mysterious fiddler came to the community near Hårgaberget or "Harga mountain", and played the fiddle. The youth danced to the tune that the fiddler played and they were unable to stop. Some of the youth noticed a cloven hoof, leading them to believe the fiddler was demonic. Even as morning came, the adults noticed they were all still dancing, and the fiddler still fiddling. Later, the dancers started dropping dead from exhaustion. Ths has nothing to do with the Viking age.

[@neaofthenorth]

English translation: The fiddler grabbed the fiddle from it's case And lifted his bow towards the dawning Sunday sun Then the people of Hårga came in a hurry Forgot about God and the whole world They danced over meadows and hills High upon the top of Hårga ridge One wore out both shoes and heels One could not stop the dance Where do you come from, you who is playing Tell us who taught you such play, so wild and mad If you don't stop our hearts will burst Oh God preserve us, he has a cloven hoof! The bells had rung in the valley, And father and mother and brother Walked to the parish church Where can Hårga's youth now be? Oh my God, they are still dancing! They danced to the Hårga tune High upon the top of Hårga ridge They are not far from crying Dancing, they now wore out soul and body Stop your bow, fiddler Before we dance our life, soul and bones away No he doesn't stop his dance Until we all fall dead down

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

We call this Nøkken in Norway. I wrote my own short story about him and I'll teach my clan to beware of him in the woods.

[@thehorriblebright]

@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 Not the same entity. We have Näcken in Sweden, and he lures people into the water. I'm pretty sure, because of the mentioning of the rams hoof, that it's the devil or one of his minions that's playing the people of Hårga to death.

[@SoubiYumea]

Thank you for the translation! However, I think the second and fifth verse are not in this song

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

@@thehorriblebright that to me just sounds like a christianized version of the Nøkken/Näcken. Could be wrong though I suppose

[@YoutubeBones]

That's rad like "They're still dancing?!"

[@fredlind8270]

My grandmother used to sing this song to me as a lullaby when I was a child. It was obviously a little bit frightening, but also beautiful. And still comforting when it was sung from my grandmother.

[@frithjof2004]

This is a certified hood classic

[@franklinwilson238]

I jam this in the westside here in Kingsville Texas!!!

[@Thekoryostribalpodcast]

Fo shizzle my nizzle🤣

[@Durkhead]

It definitely has some bass

[@danfrost2859]

Druid hood, maybe

[@666waughtron666]

Best comment ever.

[@NewAeonWarlord]

loove the sound of nordic languages in music. This is beautiful!

[@sobek]

have you given Garmarna a listen?

[@NewAeonWarlord]

@@sobek yup!

[@cupen93]

tack

[@lillepuncky]

Depends on the language, i as a Dane myself. doesn't like most new danish music, as it's changed too much.

[@sweden859]

This song brings me back to childhood. I used to spend the summers in a little village 10 minutes away from Hårga.

[@Pidoprill]

My god this video made me cry happy tears! I've grown up with this song very close to my heart since my family has always loved it and have sung it together multiple times. And the song always had a magical feel to me. I live in Bollnäs. Bollnäs is the muncipally where Hårgaberget(Hårga Mountain), and Hårga village is located. And I drive through the cute little Hårga village regularly. The song reminds me of my great grandmother who was amazing at playing the "nyckelharpa"(the Nyckelharpa is a traditional Swedish string instrument) and she used to travel all around Hälsingland(a province where Bollnäs and Hårga is located) playing the song and multiple other songs most of her life. The last time i heard her play the nyckelharpa she was 93 years old and me, my mun and my boyfriend visited her for a "fika" and someone mentioned her musical skills and she sprung up out of her seat with a big smile and fetched the nyckelharpa and sat down and started playing for us. She was strong and healthy even for her old age but her fingers were of course more shaky and not as quick as they used to be but that almost made it more beautiful. Thank you for making this video and exposing this music to a wider audience so that more people might find the magic in it!

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

More youth lost to the fiddle of the Nøkken. Always beware these magic and ancient spirits and pay heed to our stories

[@andrewpotter9613]

I have always loved these kinds of songs about sagas or some folklore story from another time and life! The Old Norse language and those the derive from that language is so beautiful and I also just discovered I have Scottish, Indeginous people and Norwegian/Danish blood

[@bmpromotion]

Enchanting music and vocals.

[@chiefbrownfart]

Eyyyyyy, it's BMP!! 🤘

[@bmpromotion]

@@chiefbrownfart

[@____Liv____]

Clicked on this expecting to be just another song from another Viking Metal band that I didn't know yet... well, that was a surprise! Beautiful song! It gave me chills!!!! Just searched for the full album and I'm currently listening to it. I'm loving it!

[@mortesanta4924]

same here

[@n0namesowhatblerp362]

Welcome to swedish folk music, the precursor of our metal scene. Folk music was demonized by the church back in the day, hence why the devil is often portrayed playing a fiddle. The church did not like swedish folk. Edit. i can recommend Scandinavian folk on Nyckelharpa by Myrkur. Its played on a instrument thats actually a swedish invention,. The key harp. It was featured on one of our money bills until they changed the currencly some years back.

[@askhedning4610]

I would like to share a very local legend that I grew up with. When I went to middle-school (in Norway), our music teacher told us a story about the neighboring village and their fiddler. Apparently, there was at some point a ban on fiddle music, so the the village fiddler would go to the woods and play the fiddle for himself, but the wind and the echoes would carry the tunes over to our village, and so the superstitious in my village believed it to be the devil playing his his fiddle in woods. I'm guessing that most of these myths and legends are Christianized versions of the Fossegrim and/or Nøkken stories. Edit: Grammar

[@Davidbrompton58]

Why wouldn’t they just go into the woods and see who was playing, instead of jumping to ridiculous conclusions?

[@tylersouza]

@@Davidbrompton58 more interesting that way. also if you thought the devil was out there would you go meet him!

[@Davidbrompton58]

@@tylersouzayou missed the point entirely. Why would i think it was the devil? My first thought would be that it’s someone attempting to avoid the ban.

[@HansenSWE]

@@Davidbrompton58 I remember as a young child, during a wrothful thunderstorm, my late grandfather told me it was Thor smashing his hammer. Sometimes people just tell the old tales, simply for old tale's sake, even when they know better. Probably a fiddler in the woods made them connect with folklore, and it was exciting. A connection with the long past is a wonderful thing, and for a brief moment, you are allowed to play their part. And scare your own children, as once was proper.

[@Davidbrompton58]

@@HansenSWEwhat is “wrothful”?

[@ekaterinaf2391]

Such a beautiful language combined with beautiful female vocals and amazing music is a delight! A bewitching creation!

[@MrLaszlo88]

Nie powinniśmy zatracać swojej kultury w imię źle pojętego "postępu". Taka myśl naszła podczas słuchania tej magicznej melodii... Piękne!

[@kashagizmo]

One of the best tunes to come from Sweden, and a wonderfully haunting rendition of it.

[@adolfocabrera5379]

I have no idea how I ended up here in the wee hours of the morning, but I'm glad I did, this is a wonderful audiovisual work

[@muratyldrm2328]

Ten years ago, your music was rubbing salt into my wounds. Now, it heals.

[@asuka_the_void_witch]

i'm gonna have to thank In Flames for introducing me to traditional swedish music

[@HansenSWE]

It's all fun and games until you can't quit...

[@VaughanVanDyk]

Absolutely stunning song and haunting story. The instrumentation at times reminds one of Loreena McKennitt's Celtic folk music, and a good reminder of how all good music is connected.

[@patx_game4318]

I moved from Sweden 10 years ago and this is the most beautiful song i heard since then. Very sentimental. Want to go back 😁

[@zigzagqueen5427]

This is beautiful. I had no idea what she was singing but the video reminded me of the story of the dancing plague of 1518, (well apparently it's not a story). Then to read the lyrics and it all made sense. I love it!

[@vita3725]

Amazing! I thought about it too!

[@chrisgarner8293]

Beautiful is the only word that comes to mind

[@JezebelGoatgoddess]

I grew up with it as a native Swede. Sometimes it makes my heart bleed.

[@ShadoukunYT]

I went up on Hårgaberget today, for the first time. Such a surreal feeling for someone who's been fascinated by our old Folk legends. The legend of Hårga is very precious to me as someone who is also local to the landscape. I remember being taught the song when I was in third grade. Thank you for making this!

[@nelcizeira]

Warm, simple, happy, pacific, clear song....Nice to soul sometimes.

[@mightyravendark932]

Helt fantastiskt!!! Brukar kolla runt på nätet efter nya versioner av denna visa, och äntligen kom den bästa. Denna visa ligger mig väldigt varmt om hjärtat då jag bor endast ett stenkast ifrån Hårgaåsens fot, och därmed är uppväxt med denna mytomspunna sägen. Tack så mycket för detta vackra verk.

[@nyfsavild6938]

Jag saknar det råa ljudet av fiolen när den spelar melodin, det är till och med mer emotionellt än sången!

[@knullhast]

Hellas

[@hornet1065]

This song fills me with so much joy and sadness at the same time. Love it! ❤

[@yldur]

Ich kenne die Band als sie sich noch Apati nannte und habe einen ähnlichen Lebensstil geführt. Viele Drogen und eine lebensverneinende Einstellung zum Leben gehabt. Ich fühle mich mit der Band sehr verbunden und freue mich über diesen Wandel. In tiefer Verbundenheit, liebe Grüße aus Sachsen / Deutschland

[@TheDonnellymarie]

I love this. I am very into nordic sounds. I find this sound very relaxing and it is beautiful.

[@MrZenGuitarist]

Swedish lyrics - English translation: (For those of you interested in the languages - which I read some were in the comments below) Spelmannen drog fiol ur lådan,/ The fiddler pulled the fiddle out of the box, och lyfte stråken högt mot söndagssolens kula,/ and raised the bow high towards Sunday's dawning sun. Då blev det fart på Horgafolket,/ Then the people from 'Hårga' got up to speed, de glömde Gud och hela världen/ They forgot (about) God and the whole world. Varifrån kommer du som spelar/ From where do you come who is playing Säg vem har lärt dig detta spel/ Tell who have taught play this way Det vilda galna/ So (The) wild and mad. Stannar du inte brister hjärtat/ If you don't not stop our hearts will fail/burst. Åh gud bevare han har bockfot/ Oh God save (us) he has club feet Klockorna hade ringt i dalen och där gick/ The bells had rung in the valley and there went Far och mor och bror till sockenkyrkan/ Father and mother and brother to the parish church Var kan nu Hårgas ungdom vara/ Where might "Hårgas'" youth be now Å herregud de dansar ännu/ Oh my God they are dancing still Hejda din stråke spelman innan du/ Stop your bow fiddler before you Dansar liv och själ och alla ben ur kroppen/ Dance the life and soul and all the bones out from the body Nej inte slutar han sin dans förr'ns om/ No(,) he will not stop his dance(/song) until Allesammans faller döda/ Everybody drops down dead *This text is written in an older vernacular form of Swedish, which isn't always as easily/readily translated into English. It's after all an old 'folk-song', where the text is based on a local legend from 'Hälsingland' (a county in Sweden) which was first recorded in 1785. I hope it helps.

[@user-sb6re5fd9g]

Cпасибо за объяснение 🙏

[@Kate-qu2rw]

The best Hårgalåten performance yet ❤

[@MurielOs]

one of my favorite song and video of this year!! i can't stop to listen!! simply love it

[@darsiachraf1815]

Positive music for positive people 💙

[@ofbaran]

The song is about a demon that makes people dance to death

[@darsiachraf1815]

@@ofbaran thanks for informing, but I meant something different!

[@ofbaran]

@@darsiachraf1815 I understand! Do you also perform?

[@darsiachraf1815]

@@ofbaran what to perform? If you are talking about positivity yes I do in my own way! If you meant music, no I do not, I used just to play do covers and post some of them!

[@Malabus73]

We must love nature as it love us, not to destroy it. Beautiful song, thumbs up!

[@Nervosooo13]

Well, this suddenly appeared in my YT Home, I liked. 👍👍

[@mariehrckavene7253]

wow, there's this legend of Krysař, here in Moravia, comig from Germany, about the exact same thing.

[@13ghosts50]

Man, I love music like this.

[@tiwiwi127]

Це просто насолода для вух та душі ❤️

[@user-yk1hn2xj9q]

ты хоть перевод знаешь?)))

[@tiwiwi127]

@@user-yk1hn2xj9q тyпe питання якщо чесно

[@annajung1234]

Є-є-є! Ще хтось з України тут 😊 Так, класна пісня! А дехто, мабуть, не знає, що просто хороша музика може бути насолодою для душі...

[@kyrkbymannen]

As i Swede, i feel privileged to understand what they sing about!

[@DamonInferis]

Lemme guess, meatballs and IKEA! Just kidding, I love you Swedes so much!🥰 All my favorite bands are from Sweden! Opeth, Ghost, In Flames, Soilwork, Etc. You guys ROCK! 🤘

[@Electivedrop]

Tror Hårgalåten är inspirerad av den mass hysteri som pågick under 1500 talet. Nån slags mental sjukdom fick dom att börja dansa konstant. Det sägs ha börjat i Tyskland men spred sig snabbt runt hela Europa.

[@knullhast]

I played this on violin, almost completly perfect when i was 9 years old.

[@t1sk1jukka]

as a finnish i understood some parts of it :)

[@williamlindroos2250]

Another person wrote this "Hårgadansen or Hårgasägnen is a legend about how the devil himself, disguised as a fiddler, made the young people in the village of Hårga in Hälsingland dance themselves to death" This does sounds an awfully alot like some version of the creature known as Näcken in some folktales.

[@alexmayhem7020]

I wanna be Viking so hard with this music

[@IrishPride7]

I am one

[@kierand2132]

This just takes me away from the stress of life the music the language it's just completely peaceful and beautiful

[@matus19971]

I dont think Ive ever saved a song to my KZbin playlist faster! Holy shit!

[@ArgonProduction]

Makes me feel the world i've never seen, live the spirits i've never met and know the ancestors' life i've never known... Thank you so much... From TURKEY

[@anastasiatishunina785]

Pure art! Fantastic music.

[@Yoshuggutha]

Beautiful stuff. Absolutely love it!

[@dennisgabrielrodriguezruss3354]

Wonderful, I applaud for you my friends. The evolutionary cross of ofdrykkja just marvel at me.

[@Luke-se6ly]

Absolutely beatiful music and violin

[@davidjohnson9132]

Nobody does beauty and despair like Ofdrykkja

[@jaysindab2018]

En riktigt fin version av en av mina favoriter av de svenska folklåtarna. Bra jobbat!

[@tristanblinmma]

Tous ce que vous avez fait est magnifique. Jolie musique et superbe clip. Bravo à vous tous pour cette très belle création. Everything you have done is wonderful. Nice music and great clip. Congratulations to all of you for this very beautiful creation.

[@aliensounddigital8729]

One of the most beautiful languages ever.

[@Nikola12567]

Definitely

[@FXGreggan.]

That's just lovely! Most of my family is from around Bollnäs so it struck close to my heart.

[@Valdaemonium]

Hauntingly beautiful...

[@allanprado8780]

Greetings from Brazil! Another outstanding music vídeo! It just made me listen the whole album and I must say, what a perfection! Keep up with the great job!

[@thanatos3dskilluminatig33.]

sublime❤ quanto è bella questa frequenza incredibilmente bella

[@arian9732]

What a dark song That is the most perfect song I heard

[@MageThief]

Riktigt bra jobbat, en klassiker som fått en ny magisk touch.

[@emiryigitylmaz7987]

I don't know why but I feel relax and happy when i listen to this music

[@tarbuckle2]

You should try dancing to this video on a loop

[@emiryigitylmaz7987]

@@tarbuckle2 I don't think so man I'm a terrible dancer if I did it would be an insult to the music 😂

[@iheliocrati9527]

Thank you for this beautifull work… that was just brilliant and totally brought me in another mood ! Hails from Switzerland :)

[@heylisten4967]

Not expecting it , but totally loving the surprise now.

[@hildem.k.n3954]

Denne traff virkelig sjelen. Historien bak, låten og videoen. Virkelig bra. Takk.

[@drmickp]

Beautiful. (And the vocals remind me very much of Emma Härdelin.)

[@veronikafree2772]

Helt fantastiskt!

[@caydenjj]

Beautiful! 😍

[@ScaredyGinge]

Absolutely beautiful ❤

[@Garruk_80]

Midsommar vibes and great music

[@franbow984]

Reminds me of the band Skald. I love this soooo much.

[@pieter0630]

Amazing!

[@cinzas2024]

Majestic!

[@jooch_exe]

The recording and sound mastering is absolutely enchanting

[@StrangerForever85]

Absolutely. I came here from the Horror History of The May Queen/Midsommar, and this was the second version I found (the first was the version the lecturer [CZ, I think is his name?] recommended, but wasn't a fan of that). Honestly, it's my preferred version of Hargalaten.

[@completelyinsane797]

Man this is gorgeous

[@AeGeR97]

Lovely!

[@Axley02]

Absolutely outstanding version!! 🔥🔥

[@adrianomarcos3060]

belissimo. parabens. que qualidade!

[@soulerazer666]

amazing music, this is fantastic.

[@yourdailyyoutubevideo8165]

Väldigt vacker sång och lyssna på, denna åker på en utav mina gillade sånger... Bra jobbat!!! 👍🏻

[@darkwolfluxuryoperations1927]

I didn't know there was new music out, but this is awesome! Thank you!

[@MsDarknebula]

So beautiful 🥰❤️💫💚

[@ReneeZme]

Helt underbar låt! Klart en ny favorit

[@pssmtn]

Beautiful ❤

[@justanotherbard4185]

This. This is art.

[@martinstoelting2707]

song of the year

[@DevilishSix]

Charming, pleasant music 😊

[@dannyflores5920]

Superb!

[@chaleidaarcecruz7333]

Hermoso vídeo!!! Love how you transmit this Historical lore! Muchas Gracias bello trabajo🌊🌲🌈🍻🔥 hola from the Caribbean Island Puerto Rico🏝

[@HansenSWE]

Så otroligt vackert och sorgligt, samtidigt.

[@brentmp8046]

Aaah yesss LOVE ITTT!!❤️👌

[@elliottjackson1077]

hauntingly beautiful

[@fernandomingmovies]

classic music, I like the song greetings from Indonesia

[@zsoltbocsi7546]

they are following the success recipe of her manneling. and they are doing it right

[@zsoltbocsi7546]

probably mjöldryga was the origin story of this like the Dancing Plague of 1518

[@bartomiej1823]

Super !!! 👏👍❤️

[@SangueItaliano147]

Stupenda

[@DissyK]

When the devil is playing sick riffs. You dance

[@theunknownshadowish]

That's not what it's about.... thanks for playing though

[@DissyK]

@@theunknownshadowish pretty sure it is though…..

[@JH-lo9ut]

That is exactly what it is about. We always play this as the opening track at our midsummer raves.

[@theunknownshadowish]

@@DissyK "Hårgalåten", or the "Harga song", is a Swedish folk song. The song is connected to a 1785 story published by Johan Gabriel Lindstrom.[1] The song describes how a mysterious fiddler came to the community near Hårgaberget [sv] or "Harga mountain", and played the fiddle. The youth danced to the tune that the fiddler played and they were unable to stop. Some of the youth noticed a cloven hoof, leading them to believe the fiddler was demonic. Even as morning came, the adults noticed they were all still dancing, and the fiddler still fiddling. Later, the dancers started dropping dead from exhaustion. There is nothing that links the fiddler to "the devil" in the slightest so again, not what it's about.... similar to what was stated in the op comment... but still not the same

[@theunknownshadowish]

​@@DissyK look it up yourself mate

[@MortenChristensen1979.]

The dancing plague of 1518, or dance epidemic of 1518 (French: Épidémie dansante de 1518), was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (modern-day France), in the Holy Roman Empire from July 1518 to September 1518. Somewhere between 50 and 400 people took to dancing for weeks. There are many theories behind the phenomenon, the most popular being stress-induced mass hysteria, suggested by John Waller.[1][2] Other theories include ergot and religious explanations. There is controversy concerning the number of deaths.[3] From wiki.

[@RG.Midtgardsmand]

This is so beautiful

[@4costindan]

The song is wonderful!

[@hugodagobertoovalleramirez5898]

I like this feel, Nice song!!¡